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H. RAYMOND ADAMS, OF MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS.

WlNDW'llLL-REGULATOR.

I SPEGEICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,364, dated Decemberl, 1885.

Application led September `19, 1885. Serial No. 177,604. (No model.)

To all whom t mtv/yconcern:

Beit known that I, HXRAYMOND ADAMs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Marseilles, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Regulator Attachments for APumping Vindmills, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvevments in regulators for windmills for they purpose of turning its sails to or from the wind, to stop the mill when the tank is full and start 15it again when the water is low in the tank,

and is intended to be an attachment to windmills, such as are used for pumping water from a well into a tank for watering stock, and is so arranged as to be automatic in its operations, in connection with the windmill and the water in the tank, to keep the tank constantly supplied with water by regulating the mill so it will rotate to pump water whenever the water in the tank is consumed below a certain point, which is determined by the adjustment of the parts of the regulator, and to cause the mill to stop pumping when the tank has been filled with water to the proper depth.

Each and every windmill used for pumping water or for other duties have their parts so arranged that their sails will be constantly turned to the wind unless held from the wind, and for that purpose each mill has a wire or rope properly attached to its operative parts of suilcient length to extend at or near the base of the tower upon which the mill is placed, so it may be conveniently grasped, pulled down, and fastened down to hold the sails of the windmill from the wind, and by releasing this Wire or rope the operative parts of the mill assume their normal position, the wind-sails will again turn to the wind,and the mill will start pumping. To perform the duties required in this invention,l suspend from this wire or rope a bucket of sufiicient size to hold water enough so when filled its weight will pull down said wire or rope and hold the sails of the windmill from the wind. This bucket is arranged to hang suspended either in the well at one side from the pump-pipe or glp a box placed in the ground at one side from the well in such manner that it will catch and be lled with the overspill from the tank through a pipe leading from the tank to the bucket, and so the Water, when discharged from the bucket, will low back into the well. In the bottom of the bucket is arranged avalve in such manner that it will remain closed and retain all the water in the bucket until the proper time arrives for it to be discharged, which is done by connecting said valve with a weighted float in the tank through the medium of chains and wires and a pair of bell-crank levers, and the valve in the bucket is so connected with a catch-pan'which is pivotally attached to the bottom of the bucket that the instant the valve is raised and water begins to be discharged from the bucket on said catch-pan the downward pressure of the water on the catch-pan will assist in opening said valve wide and hold it open until all the Water in the bucket is discharged, which is done very quickly, and :perforations in the catchpan permit all the water to escape from it, and as the valve in the bucket is weighted it will close the instant the catch-pan is relieved from downward pressure. lVhen the bucket is empty, it noglonger hasthe weight to hold the operative parts of the mill to turn its sails to the wind, so its wheel may rotate to start the mill and resume pumping.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a vertical sectional elcvation of a portion yof a milltower, of a well, and of a water-tank 5 also showing a side view of a regulator attachment7 as it would appear when the bucket has been filled with water by the discharge from the tank and the bucket weighed down to hold the sails of the Wind-wheel at such an oblique angle with the wind as to stop its rotations. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the bucket and its catch-pan and a side View of its valve and valve-operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the float. Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the bell-crank levers. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the bucket, looking down into the same, showing the plan of its valve; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the funnel-shaped discharge of the tank over and through which the water flows, when the tank is filled, to fill the bucket.

P represents a pump set over and having a the sails of a mill Jfrom the wind, but permitso IOO pipe extending into a well, Z, over which a windmill is placed on a tower, such as shown in Fig. 1. A rod (shown at d, Fig. 1) is arranged to connect the working parts of the windmill above (not necessary to be shown) with the pump-rod, so that water may be pumped and conveyed to tank A by means of a trough, T. (See Fig. 1.)

H represents the bucket suspended from the windmill-regulating wire a into the well Z, (see Fig. 1,) and has arranged across its upper part a pair of hails, (shown at b b', Fig. 5,) one of which has an eye formed in its center for a convenient place to attach wire a, and

lthrough which the fellow bail passes, so the weight of the bucket will be on both bails. The bucket-valve is shown ato, Figs. 2 and 5, properly seated and hinged in the bottom of bucket H, and the catch-pan is shown at S, Fig. 2, pivoted or hinged to the bottom of the bucket H, as shown at r, and has a stop, S', to prevent it from being forced down too far. An arm (shown at y in said figure) is secured to the bottom of valve o, and is bent and arranged to extend down through the opening in the bucket, and out under the bucket and through a perforation in the rim of the catchpan S, opposite the hinge r, and is for the purpose of supporting that side of the pan S when the valve 1J is closed, and for assisting to open quickly and for holding valve o open, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, when downward pressure is applied to pan S by the discharge oi' water from the bucket on it.

P represents a pipe leading from the discharge-funnel R in the tank A to a place over bucket H, so that water iiowing from said pipe will enter the bucket. The dischargefunnel R, which feeds pipe P from the overspill of the t-ank A, isV shown more particularly in Fig. 6, and is formed with side and bottom flanges, so it can be attached direct to the inside of a tank by means of screws or nails, using the side of the tank for one of its walls, and is arranged to present a broad level discharging-surface to the water in the tank, so that when said water is raised high enough to flow into the funnel a greater quantity will be accumulated to feed pipe P, so the bucket H will be speedily iilled and quickly cause the mill to stop pumping.

F represents a oat, having attached to its bottom a weight, m, and isarranged to float on the water w in tank A, as shown in Fig. 1, and is connected with the wire or rod G of valve o (which is connected with said valve for the purpose of raising it) through the medium of chains E J, wire C, and bell-crank levers B and B', in such manner that as the water in tank A is consumed the float F will lower, and when the slack in chain J is taken up the weight of float F will be on bell-crank lever B', pull up on chain E and Wire G, and open valve v, to discharge water from the bucket H on catch-pan S, and the water in the bucket will then be all discharged, as described.

D represents a bench or other convenient bearing arranged to support the bell-cranks so that one will be over the float and one over the bucket. Each bell-crank has one long and one short arm, each provided with a series of holes for adjustment of the parts attached thereto, so that slight movement of the float inthe tank will speedily open or close the valve in the bucket to stop or start the mill, as aforesaid. Itisintended thatthe oat shall be made from sheet metal and air-tight, and of sufficient size to support a weight, m, attached to it to give it considerable weight, so it will be heavy enough to operate the bucket-valve, as stated. By the use of this attachment the mill is caused to run only when it is necessary to replenish the tank with water, and so it will be almostinstantly started or stopped, as occasion may require.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

l. The regulator attachment for pumpingwindmills shown and described, consisting of the bucket H, suspended from the regulatingwire a in such position as to catch the overspill from the trough W through the medium of pipe P, and having the catch-pan S hinged to its bottom and provided with drip-holes x, and also having the valve o in its bottom and provided with the arm y, rod G, for connecting said valve with bell-crank B' through the medium of chain E, bell-cranks B and B', connected by means of the link C, iioat F, connected with bell-crank B by means of chain J, tank A, having the funnel R, and dischargepipe P, substantially as set forth.

2. In the regulator attachment for pumpingwindmills shown and described, the bucket H, suspended from the regulating-wire a in such position as to catch the overspill from the trough W, and having the valve o in its bottom provided with the integral arm l ,and connected to the iioat F through the medium of rod G, chains E and J, and bell-cranks B and B', and having the catch-pan S, provided'with drip-holes and hinged to the bottom of said bucket, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a regulator attachment for pumpingwindmills, a bucket for catching the overspill from a water-tank, arranged to hang suspended from the mechanism for turning the sails ofthe mill to or from the wind, and having a valve in the bottom connected to a catch-pan below, for assisting to quickly throw wide open and for holding open said valve, as described, and connected to a float in the tank for opening said valve, in combination with a tank-discharge having a wide overspillingsurface, adapted to catch and conduct the overspill from the tank to said bucket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a regulator attachment for pumpingwindmills, in combination with the tank A and discharge-pipe P, the funnel It, secured to IOO IIO

one of the inner walls of the tank in such manner that said tank forms one wall or side of said funnel, and arranged over said pipe to discharge therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In the regulator attachment described and shown for pumpingwindmills, the bucket H, having the Weighted valve o, and having a perforated catclrpan, S, hinged to its botl tom under said valve, having its side opposite its hinge supported by an integral arm, y, of said Valve, and adapted to hold said va-lve open through the medium of said arm by the downward pressure of escaping Water from said bucket, as and for the purpose set `forth.

(V3. In the regulator attachment for pumping-windmills shown and described, the bucket 15 H. RAYMOND ADAMS.

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